Shingling scaffold



Nov. 26, 1957 s. E. VAN HORN 2,814,533

' SHINGLING SCAFFOLD Filed Feb. 4, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.GamueZE. V202 Horn ATTORNE Y.

United We. Peta SCAFFOLD Samuel E. Van Horn, Manhasset, N. Y.Appii'eetion February 4, 1954', Serial No. 408,146

2- Claims; (Cl. 304- 21) The present invention relates to a shinglin'gscaffold and it consists in the combinations, constructions andarrangenients 5f parts herein described and claimed;

Generally there is provided a shingling scaffold com pr-isi'ii' an openrectangular name one of the longer sides or is provided with root tre'eengagin'g feet while the other of the longer sides is provided with apair of elevating feet. A frame including a pair of spaced rails ismounted by means of rollers upon the two longer sides of the main frameand has an operators seat mounted upon such rails for movement upwardlyand downwardly in parallel spaced relation to the face of a slanting.roof. The seat is nieyed upwardly and downwardly by means ofa caneeom'ieet'ed thereto at one of its ends and ex;- t'ending over-a follf orpduey the uppermost portion or the seat name and capable of being tiedat its other end to the seat a ee'ted position has been fonnd for thelatter. Nova means is also provided, including a winch and a novelarrangement of cables and ulleys fdr' moving the seat frame in itsentirety in a lateral difofior'i Willi respect to a dlafifihg' 'iob'f.There is also provided novel for aligning" shingles to be attached tothe roof, The device contains rnan other novel features which will beBrought out in the appended specifiatioii. I

t is aoidifigly an Gfij iifiif the i'fiiifltion to provide a device ofthe character set forth which is simple in construction, inexpensive tomanufacture and yet effective and eflicient in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide, in a device of thecharacter set forth, an operators seat and novel means for moving thesame to selected positions upon a roof.

Other and further objects of the invention will become apparent from areading of the following specification taken in conjunction with thedrawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the invention shownin position upon a roof,

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof, and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary plan View of the device illustrated in Figures1 and 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, there is shown therein adevice of the character set forth comprising a main frame generallyindicated at and consisting of an upper horizontally extending tubulartrack member 11, a lower horizontally extending tubular track member 12and a pair of tubular end members 13 and 14 which interconnect the endsof the members 11 and 12. A pair of vertically extending anchoring feet15 is mounted upon the tubular member 11, one adjacent each end thereofand each is provided with an inverted V- shaped bottom 16 adapted toreceive therein the peak portion 17 of a sloping roof 18.

The upper end of each of the anchoring feet 15 is provided with an eye19 whereby :a cable 20 may be fastened thereto, it being understood thatthe opposite ends of the cables 20 may be fastened to some secure devicewhereby to insure against slippage of the device of the presentinvention from the roof 18.

2,814,533 Patented Nov. 26, 1 957 2 A carriage is generally indicated at21 and it consists of an upper transverse member 22 and a lowertransverse member 23- which are interconnected witha pair of spacedparallel tubular rails 24. The upper end of the carriage 21 is supportedby a pair of rollers 25- carried by the member 22 and engaged upon thetubular member 11 and a flanged roller 26 carried by the member 23 andengaged with the tubular member 12.-

A seat 27 is carried by a frame 28 which is supplied with a pair of rearrollers 29 each engaging; the upper side of one of the members 24; apair of intermediaterollers 30 each engaging. the underside of one ofthe members 24; and a pair of forward rollers 31 each eugaging the upperside of one of the members 24.

A winch 32 is mounted upon the rear of the seat 27 and is provided withoperating handles 33 and 34 at opposite sides thereof. Two cables 35 and36 are wound upon the winch 32 in opposite directions. The cable 35extends from the winch to a pulley 37 carried by the member 23 andthence to a pulley 38 carried by the lower portion of the member 13 fromwhich it proceeds" to a pulley 39 carried by the upper end portion ofthe member 13 after which it extends to an anchor block 40 mounted uponthe inner side of the member 21. The cable 36 extends downwardly to apulley 37a; thence to a pulley 41 carried by the lower end portion ofthe member 14; thence to a pulley 42 carried by the upper end portion ofthe member 14'; and thence to an anchoring block 43,- likewise carriedby the member 21. The free ends of the cables 35 and 3-6 arerespectively t iedito the anchoring blocks 40 and 43. Upon the member 12adjacent each end thereof is a supporting foot44; A supply of shingles45 may be carried upon the seat 27,- as shown in Figures 1 and 2. Analigning bar 46 is mounted upon the outer ends of levers 47 which arepivoted at their inner ends, as indicated at 48, to brackets 49 mountedupon the underside of theseat '27.

An operating handle 50' extends-through a slot 51: in

one side of the seat 27 and is provided with a forwardly extending dog52. The handle 50 is pivoted at its lower end to one of the levers 47.

A pull rope 53 is connected at one of its ends to an eye 54 centrallymounted upon the forward end of the seat 27 and extends thence upwardlyto a pulley 55 and thence downwardly again to the seat 27 where it istied. A roller 56 is mounted centrally upon the member 22 and extendsforwardly thereof and bears against the underside of the tubular member11.

'In operation, it will be apparent that the main frame 10 may be mountedupon one side of a sloping roof, as shown in the drawings while placingthe V-shaped opening 16 over the peaked portion of the roof and thenallowing the device of the present invention to rest upon the one sideof the roof with the feet 44 supporting the same at the lower endthereof. To insure against slippage of the device from the roof, thecables 20 may be extended to suitable anchoring means (not shown). 'Itwill be apparent that the seat 27 may now 'be moved upwardly anddownwardly upon the face of the roof by manipulating the pull rope 53,it being apparent that by paying out the same, the seat 27 will lower bygravity toward the member 12 whereas, when it is desired to move theseat upwardly toward the peak of the roof, it is only necessary to drawthe same inwardly and to tie the same when the desired point has beenreached. It will also be apparent that the entire carriage 21 may bemoved in a horizontal direction along the members 11 and 12 byselectively turning the handles 33 and 34, it being apparent that as thecable 36 is Wound upon the winch 32 that the carriage 21 must perforcemove to the right as viewed in Figure 1 while at the same time the cable35 will pay out from the winch 32 making such movement possible. To movein the opposite direction, it is only necessary to wind up the cable 35upon the winch 32 whereupon the other cable 36 will pay out permittingsuch movement. Thus it will be seen that the seat 27 may be moved to anydesired position upon thereof 18. When a single shingle 45 has beenaflixed to the roof 18, the aligning bar 46 may be placed against thelower end thereof whereupon additional shingles 45 may be placed againstthe aligning bar 46 and then fastened to the roof by nails or the likethus insuring perfectly straight lines of shingles upon the roof 18.

While but one form of the invention has been shown and described herein,it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that many minormodifications may be made without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A shingling scaffold device comprising an open rectangular frameincluding spaced top and bottom longitudinal track members, connectedend members, inverted V-shaped anchoring feet affixed to said top trackmemher and supporting feet aflixed to said bottom track mem- 'ber,carriage means carried by said frame, said carriage means includingupper and lower transverse members interconnected by spaced parallelrail members, a pair of rollers carried by said upper transverse memberand engaging the upper side of said top track member and a third rollercarried by said upper transverse member and engaging the lower side ofsaid top track member and a flanged roller member carried by said lowertransverse member and engaging said bottom track member, a seat membercarriedby said spaced parallel rail members, said seat member carryingpairs of rollers engaging the upper sides of each of said rail membersand intermediate rollers engaging the undersides of each of said railmembers, winch means mounted on said seat member, two cables wound inopposite directions on said winch, said cables extending downwardly fromsaid winch means over pulley means carried by said lower transversemember in opposite directions to the ends of said bottom track memberover pulley means and upwardly to opposite ends of said top trackmember, and over pulley means and to fastening means carried by saidupper transverse 4- member, and manually-operable means for moving saidseat member along said rail members.

2. A shingling scaffold device comprising an open rectangular frameincluding spaced top and bottom longitudinal track members, means formounting said frame on a slanting roof, carriage means carried by saidtrack members, said carriage means including a pair of paralleltransverse rail members and roller members engaging said track members,a seat member carried by said parallel rail members, means for movingsaid carriage along said track members, manually-operable means formoving said seat along said rail members, said means for anchoring saidframe on a slanting roof including inverted V-shaped anchoring feetaffixed to said top track member and supporting feet affixed to saidbottom track member, said means for moving said carriage along saidtrack members including winch means mounted on said seat member, twocables wound in opposite directions on said winch, said cables extendingdownwardly from said Winch means over pulley means carried by the lowerend of said carriage, in opposite directions to the ends of said bottomtrack member, over pulley means and upwardly to opposite ends of saidtop track member, and over pulley means and to fastening means carriedby the upper end of said carriage.

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